PURPOSE Laminectomy is generally the treatment of choice for removal of spinal tumors. However, it has been shown that laminectomy may cause instability due to damage of posterior elements of the spinal column, which may induce subsequent kyphosis in the future. Therefore, to reduce the risk of deformity and spinal instability after laminectomy, hemilaminectomy has been used. However, the mediu...

Our procurement of a system for the 80s brought us into contact with some of the harsh realities of the file systems of the time particularly so as the decision was to go for the then rather new VM/CMS. This led to a second in-house system known rather unimaginatively as the Leeds Filestore, and used at the universities of Reading and Warwick in the UK, and also University College, Dublin, and ...

An evaluation of analyses sponsored by the predecessor to the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the global impacts of climate change under various mitigation scenarios (including CO2 stabilization at 550 and 750 ppm) coupled with an examination of the relative costs associated with different schemes to either mitigate climate change or reduce vulnerability to va...

The New York City terrorist attacks on Sept 11, 2001 (9/11), killed nearly 2800 people and thousands more had subsequent health problems. In this Review of health effects in the short and medium terms, strong evidence is provided for associations between experiencing or witnessing events related to 9/11 and post-traumatic stress disorder and respiratory illness, with a correlation between prolo...

among pome fruit trees, quince is the most susceptible tree to fire blight. following selection of several promising quince cultivars, this research aimed at optimization of in vitro propagation protocol of the selected materials. therefore, several experiments were carried out for determination of the best culture medium and plant growth regulators for establishment, proliferation and root ind...